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Proscribe vs. Prescribe
proscribe: to prohibit
• A new rule proscribed extremely short skirts.
prescribe: to give a remedy
• Unimpressed by Boris’s moaning, the school nurse prescribed an aspirin and a quick return to class.

 
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